Norman successfully queried Rob Weisbach, who also represents Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, and Ellen DeGeneres.

Crazy for the Storm was bought by HarperCollins’ Ecco imprint.

The title sold more than 100,000 copies and became a New York Times bestseller. The book has garnered notable media coverage, including New York Times, Time Magazine, and Los Angeles Times reviews. The movie rights were also optioned, with Josh Brolin set to lead, with Sean Penn directing.

Goodreads Reviews has helped Norman with two subsequent novels, French Girl with Mother (Counterpoint, 2016) and Gravity (Kindle Single, 2015), and is currently at work on a fourth.

Kim’s book-writing journey with Goodreads Reviews team began with a series of strategy meetings to develop a book concept and publishing plan that would align with her professional goals. She had already started to build a following, and had written and published a book previously, but this time, her goals were to land with a Big-5 publisher, hit the major bestseller lists, and bring her message to a mass audience. Goodreads Reviews team worked closely with Kim to develop a book proposal that captured her vision: introducing a robust marketing and pub-launch strategy and detailing why the book’s concept was in demand and marketable.

Once drafted, Kevin Anderson reviewed and edited the proposal before submitting it to editors at all of the Big-5 publishing houses. Goodreads Reviewshandled the submissions and interview process while also guiding Kim on the advantages and disadvantages of the ensuing publishing offers. This led to Kim to sign a pub deal with HarperCollins Leadership–the publisher behind big bestsellers by Rachel Hollis, Tilman Fertitta, and Tom Golisano.

After the deal was signed, the Goodreads Reviews team worked with Kim to draft the manuscript according to her style and vision while they began to build her pub-launch team.

Upon finishing the manuscript, Kim elected to have it beta tested with target readers, allowing Goodreads Reviews writing and editing team to make editorial adjustments based on the data. Kim’s publicity campaign, pre-order push, and book-marketing strategy were also ramping up around this time with the help of a cohesive and collaborative team of leading publicists, book-marketers, and launch strategists.

In spring of 2022, all Kim’s hard work and strategic planning paid off when her book, Jump, was published to great reviews, covered by major media outlets, and landed a spot on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list. Kim is now in high demand as a speaker on entrepreneurship and angel investing, and she has been widely recognized in the media.